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Aborigine’s first settled in
A) China
B) Africa
C) Australia
Australia
Indigenous art is centered on ____.
A) animals
B) symbols
C) storytelling
storytelling
In 1971, a school teacher named ___________ was working with Aboriginal children in Papunya, near Alice Springs.
A) Geoffrey Bardon
B) Geoffrey Beach
C) Geoffrey the Giraffe
Geoffrey Bardon
A very popular style adopted by artists painting from an ________.
A) Point of View
B) Behind view
C) Aerial view.
aerial view.
The art movement has Not helped to strengthen culture in Aboriginal society by reinforcing the values of traditional knowledge, which forms the basis of Aboriginal art.
1) True
2) False
False
Ochres were used to paint on
A) rocks
B) Mountains
C) Cell Phones
rocks
Australian Aboriginals have been using ochres for tens of thousands of years it was not until the _____ that the first paintings were done.
A) 1920's
B)1910
C) 1930’s
1930’s
Geoffrey Bardon noticed whilst the Aboriginal men were _________ they would ___________ in the sand.
A) singing, make sand angels
B) telling stories, draw symbols
C) talking, stare
telling stories, draw symbols
Aboriginal art differs in character and style depending from which region the artist is from and what language is spoken.
1) True
2) False
True
May ______ saw the first piece of indigenous art sold for more than $1 million.
A) 1980
B)2007
C) 2010
2007
There is ____ written language for Australian Aboriginal People .
A) 7
B) 1
C) No
No
Up until the early 1970s artists mainly used _____.
A) Pastels
B) Ochres
C) watercolours
watercolours
Australian Aboriginal Art has been identified as the most exciting contemporary art form of the _________.
A) 19th Century
B) 20th Century
C) 21th Century
20th Century.
Ochre or iron clay pigments were used to produce colours such as ______, ______, ____and black from charcoal.
A) white, yellow, red
B) Orange, purple, blue
C) Pink, brown, green
white, yellow, red
Now there is much Aboriginal art being produced in _______ of remote communities around Australia and by urban Aboriginal artists.
A) Thousands
B) Millions
C) hundreds
hundreds
Aboriginal culture dates back as far as between
A) 20,000 to 40,000 years
B) 60,000 to 80,000 years
C) 100,000 to 120,000 years
60,000 to 80,000 years.
Indigenous art is used as a chronical to convey knowledge of the _________________ of the Aboriginal people.
A) storytelling
B) land, events and beliefs
C) way they hunted for food
land, events and beliefs
Geoffrey Bardon encouraged Aboriginal Men to paint the stories onto canvas and board. This began the _____________.
A) Aboriginal art movement
B) Aboriginal storytelling
C) Use of Ochres
Aboriginal art movement
Papunya Tula, part of the western desert art movement is known for its use of ______________ whilst many other Western Desert Communities opt for ________________.
1) strong primary colours
2) soft earth colours
soft earth colours PT
strong primary colours WD
Materials (colours) used for Aboriginal art was originally obtained from the ______.
A) dead animals blood
B) store
C) local land.
local land.
There is no written language for Australian Aboriginal People so in order to convey their important cultural stories through the generations it is portrayed by ________ through their artwork.
A) symbols/icons
B) Rocks
C) Body paint
symbols/icons
The first exhibition was in 1937 by the most famous of the first aboriginal _______ painters, Albert Namatjira. His exhibition was held in ______.
A) watercolour, Adelaide
B) Ochres, China
C) Ochres, Adelaide
watercolour, Adelaide
Traditionally paintings by Aboriginals were drawn on _______, ___________, as ________and most significantly drawn in ______ or _____ together with songs or stories.
A) Mountains, tables, trees, animals, Shirts
B) Trees, Hair, leaves, water, spears
C) rock walls, ceremonial articles, body paint, dirt, sand
rock walls, ceremonial articles, body paint, dirt, sand
Many people believe that dots were used to hide information from white men when the Aboriginal people became afraid that they would be able to see and understand their sacred, private knowledge. The dots were used to obscure the ______________________.
A) Watercolours
B) secrets of australians
C) secret symbols or iconography underneath.
secret symbols or iconography underneath.
Aboriginal Artists need permission to paint particular stories.
Why?
They inherit the rights to these stories which are passed down through generations within certain skin groups. An Aboriginal artist cannot paint a story that does not belong to them through family.